Rina Sawayama Reveals Mercury Prize and BRIT Awards Nationality Requirements Have Changed

The Japanese-British musician had previously been ineligible for the awards.

Rina Sawayama Reveals Mercury Prize and BRIT Awards Nationality Requirements Have Changed
Eddie Fu

Consequence of Sound

Last July, Japanese-British singer Rina Sawayama revealed she was ineligible to win a Mercury Prize or BRIT Award for her critically acclaimed album, SAWAYAMA, due to an archaic nationality requirement. She’d lived in the UK since she was a toddler, but because she lacked a British passport, she wasn’t up…

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Rina Sawayama Reveals Mercury Prize and BRIT Awards Nationality Requirements Have Changed
Eddie Fu

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